How the Middle East crisis is rewriting energy security doctrine

As tensions in the world’s key oil chokepoint persist, OPEC+ morphs into a crisis manager and Asian importers are forced to rethink risks

Missile and drone attacks on energy hubs across the Gulf have drawn the wider US-Israeli war with Iran directly into the core of global energy routes. Within three weeks, the region has shifted from a zone of latent risk to the epicenter of heightened security concerns around energy infrastructure and commercial shipping.